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Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census)
Related tables: Population estimates and projections, Ethnic groups and generations in Canada.
| Total responses |
Single responses |
Multiple responses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||
| Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | |||
| Total - Ethnic origin | 446,495 | 233,070 | 213,420 |
| European origins | 214,505 | 86,400 | 128,105 |
| British Isles origins | 196,695 | 42,095 | 154,595 |
| Western European origins | 127,615 | 35,965 | 91,655 |
| English | 115,880 | 22,735 | 93,145 |
| Other North American origins | 114,310 | 49,935 | 64,375 |
| Canadian | 110,945 | 49,385 | 61,560 |
| German | 105,675 | 28,030 | 77,635 |
| Scottish | 83,845 | 9,755 | 74,095 |
| Irish | 77,495 | 7,200 | 70,295 |
| Southern European origins | 55,515 | 30,700 | 24,815 |
| Eastern European origins | 53,580 | 18,020 | 35,550 |
| French origins | 42,290 | 3,820 | 38,475 |
| French | 42,075 | 3,780 | 38,295 |
| Polish | 22,105 | 7,155 | 14,950 |
| East and Southeast Asian origins | 21,225 | 16,865 | 4,355 |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 21,020 | 5,750 | 15,275 |
| Portuguese | 19,500 | 13,880 | 5,620 |
| South Asian origins | 16,815 | 13,345 | 3,475 |
| Italian | 13,675 | 3,955 | 9,720 |
| East Indian | 13,235 | 10,315 | 2,920 |
| Chinese | 10,970 | 8,430 | 2,540 |
| Aboriginal origins | 10,825 | 945 | 9,880 |
| Ukrainian | 10,425 | 1,975 | 8,445 |
| British Isles, not included elsewhere | 9,255 | 1,975 | 7,280 |
| North American Indian | 8,775 | 765 | 8,010 |
| Romanian | 7,910 | 4,415 | 3,495 |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | 7,890 | 1,875 | 6,010 |
| Caribbean origins | 7,800 | 3,850 | 3,950 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-08-14. | |||
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